Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Canisius University Athletics

#Griffs The Official Home of the Canisius University Golden Griffins | #Griffs

2025-26 Swimming & Diving Roster

Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
Stockton Photo, Inc.
Havana Austin
Havana Austin
Canisius University Athletics

Daphne Mead

  • Position Back/IM
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Baltimore, Md.
  • High School Dulaney

Biography

AWARDS
MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS CO-ROOKIE OF THE MEET (2025)
CANISIUS ATHLETICS FEMALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (2025)
PERSONAL BESTS
100 FREE: 52.63 - at Magnus Invitational (2/14/26)
200 FREE: 1:56.57 - vs Binghamton (11/1/24)
500 FREE: 5:09.88 – at UB Invite (11/21/25)
100 BACK: 55.65 - at 2026 MAAC Championships (2/13/26)
200 BACK: 2:02.13 - at 2025 MAAC Championships (2/15/25)
100 IM: 59.89 - vs Binghamton (11/2/24)
200 IM: 2:02.79 - at 2026 MAAC Championships (2/12/26)
400 IM: 4:23.71 - at 2025 MAAC Championships (2/14/25) 
2025-26 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Swam in all 10 meets, including MAAC Championships
• Won 16 individual races during the season and added three relay victories throughout the year
• Claimed all three individual races in season opener versus Marist, sweeping the 100 (58.41) and 200 (2:08.21) back and adding a win in the 200 IM (2:08.57)
• Took the 200 back (2:06.25) and 200 IM (2:07.10) and swam the leadoff leg of the winning 200 medley relay during tri-meet versus Rochester and Siena (Oct. 18)
• Posted individual wins in the 100 (58.15) and 200 back (2:06.98) and 200 IM (2:09.55) and swam the opening leg of the winning 200 medley relay versus Geneseo (Oct. 24)
• Claimed victories in the 100 (1:00.67) and 400 IM (4:35.31) at Binghamton (Nov. 1)
• Established personal bests in the 500 free (5:09.88), 100 fly (56.06) and 200 fly (2:06.06) at the UB Invite (Nov. 21-22)
• Picked up individual wins in the 200 back (2:09.00), the 200 fly (2:12.24) and 200 IM (2:11.77) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay versus Rider (Jan. 10)
• Swept the 100 (58.10) and 200 back (2:06.78) and added a third victory in the 200 IM (2:08.41) at Le Moyne (Jan. 24)
• Swam anchor leg of 800 free relay that claimed third at the MAAC Championships (Feb. 11)
• Set a school mark and placed second in the 200 IM (2:02.79) at the 2026 MAAC Championships (Feb. 12)
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team
2024-25 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• MAAC Championships Co-Rookie of the Meet
• Canisius Athletics Female Rookie of the Year
• Competed in all nine meets, including the MAAC Championships
• Two-time MAAC swimmer of the week (Oct. 30 and Nov. 6)
• Three-time individual A finalist at the MAAC Championships in the 200 and 400 IM and 200 back. Placed fourth in both the 200 IM and 200 back and earned a bronze medal in the 400 IM
• Earned a bronze medal with a third-place result in the 800 free relay at the MAAC Championships
• Set program records in the 200 back (2:02.13), 400 IM (4:23.71), 400 medley relay and 800 free relay
• Finished on the podium 26 times, highlighted by an individual-event sweep and a medley relay win vs Marist (Oct. 11)
BEFORE CANISIUS
• Swam for Loyola Blakefield Aquatics for 12 years under Coach Gordon Amato
• Member of USA Futures Team
• Top swimmer on club team
• Top-8 finalist in Maryland Swimming
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Patrick and Maureen Mead
• Has one brother, Elliott 
• Has two sisters, Mallory and Lily
• Sister, Mallory, swam collegiately at Oklahoma Christian and Rider  
• Sister, Lily, swam collegiately at Loyola (Md.) 
• Majoring in integrated marketing communications

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Backstroke/IM
    5'5"

  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Back/IM
    5'5"